The pilot and four other victims were on their way to Salt Lake City for a ski trip.

Those who died include 50-year-old Long Beach developer and owner of the plane, Tom Dean, who lived in Laguna Beach; 51-year-old Ladera Ranch resident Bruce Krall; 49-year-old Jeffrey Berger of Manhattan Beach; and 44-year-old Mark Bixby of Long Beach, a member of the family for which the upscale Long Beach neighborhood of Bixby Knolls is named. The pilot of the plane was identified as 43-year-old Kenneth Cruz of Culver City. Passenger Mike Jensen was the only one to survive the crash.